News Help Page:

The new Home Page has been updated to show a number of News Items (currently up to 20).
The items are shown in date order, with the most recent being at the top of the page.

A news item consists of:  
  TItle: A single line of text - the Title of the news item.
  Headline: A mutli-lne description of the news item. For simple news items this field will be all that is required.
  Link (optional):

An optional link to a file that contains more information. This would normally be an HTML web page file (created in MS Word for example) or perhaps a picture (JPG) file. This file can be updloaded from the "Add News" page.

The page is accessed by the user selecting the "Read More" link at the bottom of the article.

If required this feature can be enhanced to allow a number of files to be added, e.g. to allow a web page with a number of pictures to be uploaded.

  Item Number: This is generated automatically when the News Item is addded to the site. This number (e.g. #21) is used to either update or delete the item from the web site.
  Updated: This is set automatically when the item is added or subsequently updated.

Adding a News Item:
- Select the" Update News" button.  
- Enter the password.  
- Add the Item title and headline.  
- Optionally enter a file to upload.

Use the Browse button to navigate your local folders and select a file to upload. The file will typically be a single HTM or HTML file that has been created in MS Word. The file will contain more details about the news item.
The file may be any file type that can be displayed in a browser (e.g. jpg, bmp, html, asp etc).
Files must be less than 100 kb and the upload will timeout and fail if it takes too long. The Form cannot be submitted if the file does not exist.

- Leave "Item Number" blank. This will be added automatically when the item is inserted in the database on the web site.
- Select "Add a new news item" from the radio buttons.  
- Select the Submit button.

The data entered will be uploaded to the web site. The response will indicate if the upload was successful. If not the reason for the failure will be displayed.
The news item will then appear at the top of the Home Page.



Updating a News Item:
- Select the" Update News" button.  
- Enter the password.  
- Add the updated item.

Only the fields populated will be updated. All other fields will remain unaltered. If no fields are entered then just the date of the news item will be updated so that it will appear at the top of the list.
Selecting a new file to upload will overwrite the current one for this news item.

- Enter the Item Number. This is the item number of the News Item to be updated.
- Select "Update an existing News Item" from the radio buttons. Be sure to do this otherwise a new news item will be added.
- Select the Submit button. The data entered will be uploaded to the web site. The response will indicate if the upload was successful. If not the reason for the failure will be displayed.
The news item will then appear at the top of the Home Page.


Deleting a News Item:
- Select the" Update News" button.  
- Enter the password.  
- Enter the Item Number. This is the item number of the News Item to be deleted..
- Select "Delete an existing News Item" from the radio buttons. Be sure to do this otherwise a new news item will be added.
- Select the Submit button. The response will indicate if the delete was successful. If not the reason for the failure will be displayed.
The news item will be deleted and no longershown on the Home Page.